Assisted Reproduction
Fertility preservation is possible after surgery/chemotherapy for malignant germ cell tumors
Published in Cancer Weekly, September 5th, 2006
Scientists at Kurume University report, "The aim of this study was to investigate whether fertility preservation influences the clinical outcome in patients with malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary (MGCTO)."
S. Nishio and colleagues described their investigation: "A case study analysis was performed on patients with MGCTO treated at Kurume University Hospital between 1986 and 2004. Thirty-five patients were included in the study, 14 with immature teratoma, 11 with dysgerminoma, eight with endodermal sinus tumor, and two with mixed germ cell...
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